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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: If you succeed at a bonus room puzzle while controlling him, he'll turn to applaud you and give you a thumbs-up for succeeding.
* [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"]]: The DK on his tie.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The end of ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'', in which Mario beats DK, scolds him good, and gives him a Mini-Mario like he wanted all along.
* [[The Determinator]]: Shigeru Miyamoto called him "Donkey" because he's as stubborn as one. Depending on [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|who you're playing as]], this is either a good thing or a bad thing.
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* [[Blue Eyes]]: During the [[Nintendo 64]] era.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Is as much of a mainstay of the series as DK himself is. Diddy has gotten starring roles in the second game and [[Diddy Kong Racing|his own spin-off]].
* [[Conjoined Eyes]]: He shares these with his girlfriend Dixie Kong.
* [[Edible Ammunition]]: The Peanut Popgun shoots peanuts; [[Metal Gear|Solid Snake]]'s comment on this in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' is the [[Trope Namer]]. Then again, ''all'' of the guns in ''Donkey Kong 64'' shot fruits of some sort (except for Tiny, who inexplicably shot ''feathers''), so...
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== Animal Buddies ==
Tropes associated with all Animal Buddies:
* [[Assist Character]]
* [[Cool Pet]]: What ''isn't'' cool about a rhino who can effortlessly mow his way through the strongest baddies in the game? Or a super jump powered rattlesnake? Or a friendly neighborhood (eight legged) webslinger?
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Collecting three tokens in each buddy's image will let you play a bonus game with them in the first
=== Ellie ===
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=== Expresso ===
An ostrich with the abilities to jump far, run fast
Tropes associated with Expresso:
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: After the first game, he disappears with no explanation (though he did reappear in the [[Game Boy]] game ''Donkey Kong Land'', which was a different/new game from the SNES ''Donkey Kong Country'').
* [[Nice Shoes]]: Wears sneakers.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: In the GBA port of
* [[Spoony Bard]]: The reason for his absence after the first game. His fast-running isn't really ''that'' fast, his flying is pretty pathetic (it's more of a low-quality glide), and he gets hurt if you try to jump on enemies' heads. At times, he was more of a hindrance than a help.
=== Quawks ===
A purple parrot, appearing in ''
Tropes associated with Quawks:
* [[Ascended Extra]]: His new abilities in ''
* [[Palette Swap]]: Of Squawks (see below).
=== Rambi ===
A rhinoceros with attitude and a need for speed. The most iconic animal buddy, Rambi has appeared in almost all of the
Tropes associated with Rambi:
* [[Badass]]: A badass monkey deserves a badass steed, and Rambi delivers.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Rambi Rumble
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He's just as fast as his riders and a more effective fighter.
* [[Rhino Rampage]]: But of course.
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Tropes associated with Rattly:
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Hasn't appeared since ''Donkey Kong Country 2''.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Rattle Battle.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: For Winky. Rattly is easier to control and has the ability to charge superjumps.
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=== Squawks ===
The most commonly recurring Animal Buddy, Squawks is a green parrot that lives with Cranky Kong. Unlike the other Animal Buddies, Squawks has had a different use in many of the games he's appeared in. In ''
Tropes associated with Squawks:
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Squawks went from being pretty much useless in ''
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Spits eggs.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Screech's Sprint.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Screech, the Kremling bird.
* [[Metal Detector Puzzle]]: His role in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' (
* [[Polly Wants a Microphone]]
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Tropes associated with Squitter:
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Web Woods.
* [[Giant Spider]]: Like Rattly, Squitter is an animal normally depicted as scary and evil being depicted as friendly and cute.
* [[Improvised Platform]]: His platform webs provide temporary platforms. He uses them to climb cliffs, cross lava fields, chasms, spike pits and the like, and reach bonus barrels.
* [[Nice Shoes]]: Eight legs and a sneaker at the end of each.
=== Winky ===
A frog with the ability to jump high, appearing in the first game and the first game alone (although he makes a cameo in ''
Tropes associated with Winky:
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Has been missing since ''Donkey Kong Country''.
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]/[[Spoony Bard]]: While being able to make high jumps was useful, Winky's hopping (as opposed to walking) movement made him very difficult to control. This problem was addressed with his replacement
== Other Good Guys ==
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A weasel of questionable honor who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Snide was a former member of the Kremling Krew and their chief engineer, but K. Rool got paranoid and suspected Snide of working against him, so he kicked the weasel out. Snide created the Blast-O-Matic superweapon that the Kremlings intended to use to destroy DK Isle; as his revenge, he helped the Kongs by giving them back some of the Golden Bananas K. Rool stole from them, as well as by holding of the Blast-O-Matic's firing sequence so that the Kongs could disable it.
* [[The Atoner]]: He's trying to make up for helping the Kremlings make a doomsday device by helping the Kongs stop it.
* [[Being Evil Sucks]]: Working for K. Rool didn't work out so well for him, so he turned to the Kongs' side.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
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=== Stanley the Bugman ===
A human bug-exterminator. Stanley fought against Donkey Kong <ref>Footnote:
* [[Cool Gun]]: A spray gun filled with insecticide.
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An anthropomorphic pig introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', he assist Donkey and Diddy in their quest by dispensing advice, acting as a midway point, and by summoning Super Kong if they fail one too many times in a level.
* [[Check Point]]: His job.
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: He explains many basics of the games he appears in.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Tutorial Pig''.
* [[Messy Pig]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: He wears a big pair of them.
* [[No Name Given]]: In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', at least.
== Bad Guys ==
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[[File:kingkrool.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|''"'Fatso', is it? I'd choose my last words more carefully if I were you."''
Debut: ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
An obscenely rich (and fat) crocodile who lords over the Kremlings, just as Bowser does for the Koopas. K. Rool is Donkey Kong's [[Arch Enemy]] in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' games, much as Bowser is to Mario. Prone to adopting new personas (Kaptain K. Rool, Baron K. Roolenstein, etc
Tropes associated with K. Rool:
* [[Acrofatic]]: Can outrun Donkey Kong and jump across the screen.
* [[Adipose Rex]]: He is clearly fat.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: He is the final boss in each game he appears in.
* [[Berserk Button]]: There was this time in the cartoon when Klump's video conference messed him up in the computer game he was playing. It angered him so much, he let out an epic [[Big No]] and smashed the computer.
* [[BFG]]: In the 2nd game.
*
* [[The Caligula]]
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: {{spoiler|The first time you fight him on the Flying Krock in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', he is seen beating Donkey Kong
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: He summons a fake credits roll after it seems like you beat him, therefore making the player think the game is over and not seeing the real ending.
* [[Determinator]]: The one consistent thing between his many personas is the fact that they all take immense amounts of effort to put down, usually being multi-stage bosses. In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', he goes through multiple rounds of being hammered by ''every'' Kong, and it still takes high explosives to merely get rid of him.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Particularly in the cartoon.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.
* [[Eye Squick]]: It's so bulgy and veiny...
* [[Fat Bastard]]: He might look like a silly overgrown lizard, but he's a ruthless villain who will resort to very evil actions to get what he wants, including kidnapping ''Donkey Kong himself'' in two games and planning to destroy DK Isles in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
* [[Helicopter Pack]]:
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Among the largest Kremlings, though some of the monster bosses are huge even compared to him.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]: In ''
* [[Pirate]]: In ''
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', he attempted to essentially commit genocide against the Kongs. If the Rare commentary is anything to go by, his stealing the banana hoard may have to do with starving the Kongs.
* [[Red Eyes]]: Mainly because they're bloodshot.
* [[Stout Strength]]: K. Rool is very fat, but also ''very'' strong. Oftentimes, he's even [[Fatter Than a Speeding Bullet|faster]] than DK is!
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Tropes associated with the Kremlings:
* [[Action Bomb]]: Kaboom, Klasp and TNT Knocka.
* [[Airborne Mook]]: Kloak, Kackle
* [[Ascended Extra]]s: Klump and Krusha, two mooks in the first game, were made singular characters in the cartoon.
** The playable Kopter in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: Kuff 'n' Klout.
* [[BFG]]: Bazuka.
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* [[Dem Bones]]: The skeletal Kritters and Klaptraps in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Kutlass and Krook, although Krook usually throws the hook from the same hand over again.
* [[Elite Mook]]
* [[Enemy Summoner]]: Kloak.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Kloak and Kackle in ''
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Klump.
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: In ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'':
** [[Big Bad]]: K. Rool.
** [[The Dragon]]: Kopter.
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* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', most of the Kremlings wear pants but not shirts (due to the pirate theme).
* [[Hand Cannon]]: ''Literally'' in the case of Kannons.
* [[Hook Hand]]s: Krook.▼
* [[Heavily Armored Mook]]: Koin and Koindozer.
▲* [[Hook Hand]]s: Krook.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: Dragon Kremling from ''DK: Jungle Climber''.
* [[Invincible Minor Minion]]: Rockkrocs (except in the remakes) and Kackle.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Kuchuka.
* [[Mecha Mook]]: The Robotic Kritters in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
* [[Mono-Gender Monsters]]: Until ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''.
* [[Mooks]]: Of the original trilogy, ''Donkey Kong 64'' and Paon's games.
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Kloak, Kackle
* [[Off-Model]]: Krunch, compared to other Kritters, looks a little odd.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The ''DK: Jungle Climber'' bosses are regular Kritters, powered up by the Crystal Bananas.
* [[Pirate]]s: In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Land 2''.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Pink Krunchas and Skiddas.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Rockkrocs, Kloaks, Kackles, Dark Klobbers
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: They're both the main reptiles and the main villains in most of the series, and most of them are evil.
* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: In the GBA remakes.
* [[Top-Heavy Guy]]: Krusha, Kruncha, Kudgel, Klubba
* [[Turns Red]]: Kruncha.
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: All Kremlings share the trait of having their names start with K, especially when a C would make more sense, ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' style.
=== KAOS ===
{{quote|''Bzzzzt... Click... Kongs enemy. You must be... DESTROYED!!!''}}
The apparent new leader of the Kremlings in ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 3'', and a killer robot intent on world conquest, it's found to be secretly under the control of K Rool in his latest guise and powered by the captured Donkey and Diddy Kong. Has multiple heads that appear when each is destroyed.
Tropes applying to KAOS:
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* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: His third head.
* [[The Dragon]]: To King K. Rool.
* [[Eye Beams]]: The first head fire these.
* [[Homemade Inventions]]: K. Rool apparently built him out of pots and pans.
* [[Human Resources]]: Was originally powered by the captured Donkey and Diddy's cerebral energies.
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* [[Alien Invasion|Alien Invader]]
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Invaded Timber's Island. Diddy has to confront and race his brainwashed friends to get a chance to race Wizpig and force him to leave.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: You hear his nasty laugh when you prepare to confront him in both of his races.
* [[Evil Sorceror]]: Capable of brainwashing the island inhabitants into the game's other bosses, and possesses a few magic tricks including making himself disappear.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Combined with...
** [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Mass Hypnosis]]: Uses it to control some of the residents of Timber's Island.
* [[Messy Pig]]: He's a literal and metaphorical swine.
* [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie]]: He's a giant, a pig, a wizard
* [[Retro Rocket]]: Uses one in his second race.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Space Fighter]]: Surprisingly never used as a racing vehicle.
* [[Trash Talk]]: Actually calls the group "little worms" both when he leaves and when they meet him again for the last race of the game.
=== The Cactus King ===
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: He's not foreshadowed at all.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: He's much larger than the other evil Kongs you fight in the game. He is around the same size as the Rocs and Tusks though.
* [[Plant Person]]
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* [[Action Bomb]]: Tiki Pops.
* [[Airborne Mook]]: Tiki Buzzes, Tiki Torks, Flaming Tiki Buzzes
* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The red spots on {{spoiler|Tiki Tong's}} hands and head.
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: The lieutenants possess monsters or random characters, which act as bosses.
* [[Elite Mook]]: Tiki Tanks.
* [[The Faceless]]: {{spoiler|Tiki Tong, whose silhouette face is replaced by a question mark if you lose a life in the Volcano before you meet him
* [[Flunky Boss]]: {{spoiler|Tiki Tong can summon Flaming Tiki Buzzes}}.
* [[Giant Hands of Doom]]: {{spoiler|Tiki Tong transforms his main followers into a pair}}.
* [[Giant Mook]]: Tiki Doom, Tiki Torks, Giant Tiki Zings
* [[The Goomba]]: Tiki Goons.▼
* [[Leitmotif]]: The instrument Tikis. They use their leitmotif to hypnotize the animals.▼
* [[Magic Music]]: The main servants of {{spoiler|Tiki Tong}} play themselves as instruments to hypnotize the animals, complete with [[Hypnotic Eyes]].
▲* [[Leitmotif]]: The instrument Tikis. They use their leitmotif to hypnotize the animals.
▲* [[The Goomba]]: Tiki Goons.
* [[Man On Fire]]: Tiki Torches, Tiki Bombers and Flaming Tiki Buzzes.
* [[No Name Given]]: The Tiki bosses.
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: After {{spoiler|Tiki Tong}} is defeated, his followers are destroyed, and the hypnotized animals are restored to normal.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The expression given by the lead Tikis before being made a [[Twinkle in The Sky]] by DK.
* [[Outside Context Villain]]: The Tikis kinda show up from nowhere, from an ancient Tiki statue that rose from the local volcano. Why they've waited this long to act is a mystery.
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Random Tiki mooks act as spectators during boss battle, booing the Kongs and cheering for their leaders.
* [[Power Floats]]: Tiki Tong and his lieutenants are all capable of levitating, which is not the case with most of the Tiki [[Mooks]].
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Screaming Pillars {{spoiler|and Tiki Tong}}.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: They were apparently "hibernating" in the volcano on DK Island, and were awakened by it erupting.
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Miles Gloriosus]]
* [[Mistaken for Dying]]: Happens with him in the episode "From Zero to Hero".
* [[Momma's Boy]]
* [[
* [[Ted Baxter]]
=== Kaptain Skurvy ===
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Tropes associated with Polly:
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]▼
* [[Expy]]: of Squawks, only evil. Possible a combination of Screech from ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 2'' and Squawks.▼
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: In Raiders of the Lost Banana, he claims he's turning good...only to turn back at the end of the episode.
{{quote|'''Polly''': You want loyalty? Get a cockerspaniel!}}
▲* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
▲* [[Expy]]: of Squawks, only evil. Possible a combination of Screech from ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 2'' and Squawks.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Pirate Parrot]]
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